South Bend Washington boom town failed after 1893 crash
Washington state sample of a failed boom town, South Bend, launched with grand promises and rail links from Chehalis. Investors built lumber mills and hotels, but the 1893 panic shrank the population from 3000 to under 700. Canneries remained, shipping to the east, while hopes of a Pacific port faded into memory.
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Kansas
Washington
Willapa Bay
South Bend
Northern Pacific Railroad
Uced
Chehalis
Pacific Coast
America
Orient
Chicago
California
Pacific
Frisco
Seattle
Elks Memorial Address by Charles E Pickett at Waterloo
Grand Exalted Ruler Charles E Pickett of the Elks will deliver the address at the annual memorial service at English's Opera House on December 1. Pickett, a prominent Waterloo lawyer, is praised as a splendid orator, with a fine musical program and a ritualistic ceremony described as unusually beautiful and impressive.
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Charles E. Pickett
the Elks
Order
English's
Opera House
Pickett
Waterloo
Doran Reaches DA Over Missing Assembly Affidavit
New York date shows David Doran called to explain why he failed to file his expenses affidavit as the prohibition candidate for assembly in the Twenty fourth district. He claimed he did not know of his candidacy or residency, agreed to obtain the proper form, and will seek court permission to file despite expired deadlines. A detective accompanied him to the county clerk’s office.
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New York
David Doran
Prohibition
Assembly
Twentyfourth
Doran
Supreme Court
For Sale Mis cellaneous piano ad offer
The Sun offers a cheap advertising deal selling a piano listing for 15 cents. Ten words run for three days in the “For Sale, Miscellaneous” section on page 7. The notice targets Sun readers seeking quick, low-cost classifieds.
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the Sun
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Hazleton
Krakauer
Kurtzmann
Crown
Ludwig
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Knabe, Chickering
Dearson’s Piano
North
Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis
South Bend, Wash
Elks Memorial
SUN
Clifford Arrick
East Market Street
VORIESS _s Business COLLEGE
Monument Place
J. S. Jordan
N. Meridian Street
United States
Meridian St
Ind
U.S. A
Jordan
the Cash & Dove Co
Massachusetts Ave
Imon
Raglans
Inorfolk
Oxford
Hercules and
Albion
Styles
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